The J Award of 2017 is the thirteenth annual J Awards, established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. The announcement comes at the culmination of Ausmusic Month (November). For the fourth year, four awards were presented; Australian Album of the Year, Double J Artist of the Year, Australian Music Video of the Year and Unearthed Artist of the Year.
The eligible period took place between November 2016 and October 2017. The winners were announced live on air on Triple J on Thursday 23 November 2017.
Awards Australian Album of the Year Artist Album Title Result A.B. Original Reclaim Australia Alex Lahey I Love You Like a Brother Ali Barter A Suitable Girl Gang of Youths Go Farther in Lightness Gordi Reservoir Meg Mac Low Blows Methyl Ethel Everything Is Forgotten The Smith Street Band More Scared of You Than You Are of Me Thundamentals Everyone We Know Vera Blue Perennial
Double J Artist of the Year Artist Result Jen Cloher Dan Sultan Kardajala Kirridarra Lance Ferguson Paul Kelly
Australian Video of the Year Director Artist and Song Result Tim White Client Liaison featuring Tina Arena – "A Foreign Affair" Josh Davis and Heath Kerr A.B. Original - "Report to the Mist" Matt Sav Jack River - "Fool's Gold" Danny Cohen Kirin J. Callinan featuring Alex Cameron, Molly Lewis & Jimmy Barnes - "Big Enough" PAXI Methyl Ethel - "Ubu"
Unearthed Artist of the Year Artist Result Stella Donnelly Alex the Astronaut Baker Boy Confidence Man Ruby Fields
Perth-based, Stella Donnelly uploaded her debut track "Mechanical Bull" to the Triple J Unearthed site in April 2017. Following this, Donnelly performed with San Cisco, Ali Barter, and Polish Club, as well as performing on the Unearthed stage at Bigsound.
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